Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a french photographer and was considered the father of photojournalism.  He sees the camera as a sketch book and said "In order to “give a meaning” to the world, one has to feel involved in what one frames through the viewfinder."  

To capture photos like the one above he uses concentration, discipline of mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry.

The photo above shows geometry through the repetition of the fence and the ladder. how the reflection shows a totally different person because the foot is not touching the ground.  Bresson showed contrast, use of line and reflection really well in this picture.

Jay Maisel

Jay Maisel started by studying graphic design and once he graduated he began his career in photography.  He is best known for capturing light, color, and the simple things found in everyday life.  He doesn't use complex lighting or fancy cameras he just shots.  Over the last 40 years he kept busy with doing reports, magazine covers, jazz albums and more.

He stopped taking on commercial work in the late 90s, and now uses his time to focus on his personal work. He also does photography workshops throughout the country.

Annie Liebovitz

Annie is a portrait photographer.  She started her career as a staff photography working for the rolling stone magazine. After only 3 years of working there she was named Chief Photographer of Rolling Stone.  Why she worked for the magazine she realized that she was also able create personal work.  She worked with several models and took a lot of pictures of her kids. In 1978 Leibovitz was the first woman to photograph Joan Armatrading for an album, which was the fifth studio album called To the Limit, she spent four days at her house capturing the images.

       

Jerry Uelsmann

Uelsmann was born in Detroit, Michigan. When he was 14 an interest for photography sparked within him.  He believed that through photography he could live a different life, outside of his own, to live a life that would be captured through his lens.  After highschool he went on to Roshester Institution of Technology and earned a Bachelors of art from there.  Then got a Masters in Fine Arts degree from Indiana University.  Then began teaching photography at the University of Florida   



Uelsmann is a master printer, producing composite photographs with multiple negatives and extensive darkroom work.  He never sought to follow the rules or boundaries put in place by the Photo Secessionists or other realists at the time.  He simply wanted to make what he desired in his imagination to come to life.

               

Ansel Adams

Mr. Adams is one of the largest know name among photographers. 

A statement that was said about Ansel Adams by President James L Carter when presenting Mr. Adams with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
“At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been a visionary in his efforts to preserve this country’s wild and scenic areas, both on film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature’s monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution. It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans.”


      

Glenn, John and Thomas Knoll developing Photoshop

Photoshop began by a father and his two sons.

Glenn Knoll-the father of Thomas and John, he was a college professor and had two hobbies:computers and photography.
Thomas Knoll- a PHD student, adapted his fathers photography habit, the programmer/coder behind it all
John Knoll- purchased one of the first Macs available to the public, suggested that Tom suggested to turn it in to a full image editor.

The always in the dark room making pictures, but eventually started writing little bits of code to help display and to edit photos on one of the first mac computers.  They kept adding more and more code until everything came together and had there first buyer in 1988.  Mr. Scan was the guys name, bundled it with their scanners and then sold 200 copies.  The final and first version of Photoshop was licensed to adobe in 1990.

Claude Monet

Claude Monet was the founder of French Impressionist painting.  He did a series of 250 oil paintings called the Water Lillies. The paintings show Monet's flower garden at Giverny. 

The main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last thirty years of his life, and most of them where painted while Monet suffered from cataracts.

The beauty of his work tends to be more attractive, as compared to traditional landscape painting.  Monet does a wonderful job in portraying how he felt about this place he was painting. It shows peace by the composition and color.